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17113352 No.17113352 [Reply] [Original]

Why not just do this?

>> No.17113363

>>17113352
still more feasible than crypto

>> No.17113384

>>17113352
this is fucking with my retarded brain make it stop

>> No.17113385

>impying the other dude didint lose 20$ putting it into the box

>> No.17113410

>>17113385
he got payed 30$ for the box that he initially put 20$ into, while the person who put 20$ into the box and payed 30$ for it now has 40$ so both made 10$. Actually thinking of doing this but i think there is a catch somewhere, going to need to do a bit more research about this.

>> No.17113417

>>17113410
I litterally drew it out on a piece of paper and can't get behind it, certified retard

>> No.17113430

>>17113352
My brain hurts

>> No.17113443

>>17113410
>i think there is a catch somewhere, going to need to do a bit more research about this.
Are you autistic?

>> No.17113445

>>17113352

>>17113384

>>17113385

>>17113430

Hahaha retards
Get off this board

>> No.17113448

the poor bastard lays down $20, then another $30, and only gets $40. he lost $10

>> No.17113449

>>17113352
You can't be this stupid must be a troll

Call left troll L and right troll R. B is box

To begin with:
>L=20, R=20, B=0

Put the money in the box:
L-20, R-20 -> B+40

>L=0, R=0, B=40

Left buys box from Right
L-30, R+30

>L=-30, R=30, B=40

Left removes money from box
L+40, B-40

>L=10, R=30, B=0

I.e. Left troll just gave Right troll $10

>> No.17113454

So this.... is the power of /biz/...

>> No.17113456

the situation is not possible in real life, only in comic form

>> No.17113466

>>17113448
you will make it anon

>> No.17113476

>>17113352
litterally what big players do all the time

>> No.17113480

>>17113443
it just seemed like a good business opportunity but apparently its been debunked here >>17113448

>> No.17113483

no wonder you're poor you fucking brainlets

1. they both put $20 in each box (initial investment)
2. one gets $30 (more than the initial $20 investment), that's $10 profit
3. the other gets $40 (the box) for only $30, that's -$30 + $40 = $10 profit

everyone gets free money

fucking brainlets, I swear

>> No.17113492

not sure if 100% pajeets in this thread or just aus trolls

>> No.17113496

>>17113483
Bankers HATE this guy

>> No.17113503

>>17113483
being this retarded

>> No.17113536

>>17113352
(((they))) are already doing it.

>> No.17113548

>>17113448
>>17113449
>>17113503
what are you doing here go back to r*ddit fucking morons

>> No.17113558

>>17113483
based, just ignore those morons responding to you
they don't want free money

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>>17113548
>what are you doing here go back to r*ddit fucking morons
make me

>> No.17113574
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>>17113548

>> No.17113577

>>17113574
based

>> No.17113587

Holy shit I just don't get where the error is. If I had a friend I could do this with him and /makeit/. Gotta stick to LINK for now I guess.

>> No.17113619

>>17113483
You're understating how good the deal is. Not only does the second guy get a 10 dollar profit, he also gets a box.

>> No.17113650

>>17113456
10/10 subtle troll or absolutely retarded

>> No.17113672

So many fucking retards in here.

Left troll spends $20 gets $30
Right troll spends $20+$30..so $50 total and gets $40

Its not fucking rocket science

>> No.17113685

>>17113352
Keynesian economists think this works

>> No.17113696

>>17113672
Very insightful. Please teach me how to make money in the stock market.

>> No.17113711

>>17113352
this would only work once then the 2nd time you would lose $10

>> No.17113710

Three guests check into a hotel room. The manager says the bill is $30, so each guest pays $10. Later the manager realizes the bill should only have been $25. To rectify this, he gives the bellhop $5 as five one-dollar bills to return to the guests.

On the way to the guests' room to refund the money, the bellhop realizes that he cannot equally divide the five one-dollar bills among the three guests. As the guests aren't aware of the total of the revised bill, the bellhop decides to just give each guest $1 back and keep $2 as a tip for himself, and proceeds to do so.

As each guest got $1 back, each guest only paid $9, bringing the total paid to $27. The bellhop kept $2, which when added to the $27, comes to $29. So if the guests originally handed over $30, what happened to the remaining $1?

>> No.17113721

>>17113672
But hes not spending the initial $20 because he gets it back

>> No.17113722 [DELETED] 

>>17113672
fucking retard

>> No.17113737

>>17113672
retard

>> No.17113769

>>17113449
>You can't be this stupid must be a troll
>Meme literally uses trollface 7 times
>Still proceeds to mathematically prove that it doesn't work
you can't be this stupid

>> No.17113772

>>17113722
>>17113737
was that one word difference really worth it?

>> No.17113786

>>17113769
>you can't be this stupid
It's a PSA anon

there are stupid people here who legitimately can't figure this out

>> No.17113809

>>17113650
absolutely

>> No.17113864

>>17113410
Try keeping track of how much up or down each guy is after each step. Left guy and right guy put $20 into the box. Net worth - left guy: -20, right guy: -20. Left guy hands right guy $30 in exchange for the box. Net worth - left guy: -50, right guy: 10. Left guy opens the box and receives the $40 inside. Net worth - left guy: -10, right guy: 10. Left guy has transferred $10 to right guy, total wealth remains the same.

>> No.17113930

>>17113710
>The bellhop kept $2, which when added to the $27, comes to $29
Took me a while fagget but here's the mistake
The bellhop is not paying those $2 to the hotel so there's no reason they should be added to the $27 paid
The guests lost $27, $25 to the hotel and $2 to the bellhop

>> No.17113940

>>17113864
>Try keeping track of how much up or down each guy is after each step. Left guy and right guy put $20 into the box. Net worth - left guy: -20, right guy: -20. Left guy hands right guy $30 in exchange for the box. Net worth - left guy: -50, right guy: 10. Left guy opens the box and receives the $40 inside. Net worth - left guy: -10, right guy: 10. Left guy has transferred $10 to right guy, total wealth remains the same.

God you suck

>> No.17114022

>>17113864
He’s right, what a bunch of ducking idiots are in this thread, the only smart person being repressed,
>>17113940

>> No.17114040

>>17113352
I'm really disturbed by how many people don't immediately see why this wouldn't work.

On a fucking /biz/ board of all places. We...We're all fucked, aren't we?

>> No.17114128

>>17114022
>He’s right, what a bunch of ducking idiots are in this thread, the only smart person being repressed,

scroll up you dumb pieces of shit lmao
>>17113449

>> No.17114150

>>17114040
They are all trolling. So are the guys pretending they believe them. I am not sure if the fractroll ends there. Meta meta trolls face diminishing roi though so probs.

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>>17114150
>Meta meta trolls face diminishing roi though so probs.

*tink* *tink* *tink*

Both put X ROI in box

I sell you the box for Y ROI

Both make Y-X ROI profit

>> No.17114172

>>17113352
I don't get it
So we put in $20 ea so $40 total
sell it for $30, who would buy the box? sounds kinda scammy. Also, to repeat this your going to have to buy boxes or have expenses acquiring them.
So how do we both make $10 profit? $30 / 2 = $15 We both lost $5, what am i missing?
I really want to try this, except I don't have any friends.

>> No.17114180

>>17113619
yeah both guys end up ahead but you wanna be the 2nd guy here

>> No.17114188

>>17113483
Based and redpilled

>> No.17114248

Buncha new fags in here tryna be all smart and shit. Is this sign if a bullrun?
Oh got back to plebbit fags

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17114764

>>17113352
solved it for you brainlets. Pleaase don't reply, let this thread die

>> No.17114860

>>17114764
So they made 40 dollars total? Thanks for proving that it works.

>> No.17115068

This is obviously just a thread to troll midwits, but it brings back flashbacks of the times someone posted the Monty Hall problem here and on /fit/. Never have I been more dismayed at the collective IQ on display. The dumbest people on 4chins are also the most obstinate and confident in their intelligence.

>> No.17115406

>>17113352
He pays 50$ for a 40$ box. Are you fucking retarded?

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17115569

How would this not work?

>> No.17115617

If you didn’t immediately realize this was +10 / -10 you are double digit IQ and never going to make it.

Your best shot is getting into a simple trade and working until your body gives out. God’s speed to you anons.

>> No.17115677

>>17113352
hes paying 50 and getting 40 losing 10
you are winig those 10

>> No.17115692

>>17115569
it could work if the chair was heavier. conservation of linear momentum

>> No.17115745

>>17113352
oh god my brain actually hurts

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17115811

How would this not work?

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17115834

you niggas need to do sum math

>> No.17115877

>>17115569
the speed with which you're descending wouldn't be reduced enough by the jump that is being made, it's a rule of physics but I forgot which one was

>> No.17116117

>>17115406
No, the picture clearly states that he pays 30